Stopper.



Mmmm JULY 14, 190s.'

' Bl, H.- MARSHALL.-

STOPPER.

-APPLIQATIOIJ FILED oo'r. 2a. 19o?.

f improvement thereto.

ELIZABETH H. MARSHALL, OF FRONT ROYAL, VIRGINIA.

STOPPER.

Specification of Letters Eatent.

Patented July 14, 1908.

Application filed October 29,1907. Serial No. 399,772.

T o all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that l, ELIZABETH H. MAR- SHALL, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Front Royal, in the county of Warren and State ofVirginia7 have invented new and luseful Improvements in Stoppers,loiwhich the following is a specihcation.

to permiil convenient removal of said disk,

the cmistruction and disposition of the bail permitting close storage oithe disks when transported in bulk and also avoiding projection beyondthe rim oi the bottle.

"lhe invention will be described in the'following specification,reference being had par-- ticularly to the accompanying drawings, inWhich1 Figure l 'is a perspective View of a portion. of a lbottleillustrating thge application oimy Fig. 2 is a perspective View of thesealing disk removed, the

' improved bail being shown in operative position. Fig.l 3 is a plan. ofthe disk with the bail in inoperative position. s ective view oi asealing disk having a s ightly modified form of bail.

Referring particularly to the drawings, 1 represents a bottle formed inany usual or Fig. 4 is a per-v preferred manner lfor the reception of aseal-l" ing disk 2, both the bottle and disk being of the ordinarytypenow in use.

The )resent improvement is directed pan ticular y to providing said diskwith a re- 'moving means, which in the preferred form illustratedcomprises a bail or handle 3, constructed of a single length of wirebent intermediate its ends to form a semi-circular portion 4 andprojected at the ends of said ortion to provide prongs 5 disposed in aine ment and projecting toward each other, the terminals of the prongsbeing preferably sharpened and arranged in proximity, as

l,illustrated rThe circular-or bail portion oi the member isapproximately curved to correspond with the curvature of the disk, andsaid member is engaged with the disk by terial of the disk 'from theside edge, said prongs being respectively located at diamctricallyopposite points, as will be seen l rom Figs. 2 and 3.

Owing to the relative sizes of the bail and4 disk' it is obvious thatwhen not in position for use the bail member 4 maybe turned. down torest immediately above and incontact with the peripheral edge oi thedisk, thereby avoiding obstruction above the mouth ot the bottle. Vvhendesired i'or use the member is turned upwardly on the prongs 5as'pivotal points into a position approximately at right angles to theplane ol" the disk, in which position it servos as a handle or bail forthe convenient removal of the disk. -c

The bail member preferabbY constructed of Very thin wire, and by therelativo size and disposition thereof may be turned down onto the diskto avoid obstruction in packing or storing of the disks intransportation. Owing to the simple and inexpensive' character of theimprovement it is vobvious that it will add ractically but littleadditional cost to the risks now in use and. that 'it may be readilydiscarded with the disk after use of the latter as at present.

As an addition to the present im rovement I contem late forming theperip eral edge of the dis at an incline to the surface plane oi thedisk, said incline preferably extending from the lower surface oi' thedisk upwardly' and inwardly, as more clearly shown in Fig.

3. By this construction there is provided between thev peripheral edgealined with the upper surface of thedisk and the walls ofthe bottle neckan open space, which is particularly adapted to receive the bail portion4 of my improvement. lt is, of course, understood that the peripheraledge of the disk alined with the lower surface' thereof will engage thebottle wall and seal the bottle in the usual manner, while the decreaseddiameter of the upper surface of the disk spaces the edge of saidportion a slight distance from the bottle wall to provide a receptivespace for the bail member.

In F'g. 4 l have shown a slightly modified form of bail in which thewire length is bent to form prongs 7 which extend in o posited}ilrections, the material of the bail eyond t e mate y \/-form, as at8. This form of bail is connected to the disk by inserting the yPassingthe prongs thcreof'through the ma- I prongs in the material ofthe diskat a point i' slightly beyond the centen-point of. the disk, the prongsextending. inlopposite though diametrically alined relation. Theprojected or handle portion 8 of the bail is thus pivotally Having thusdescribed the invention What i1s claimed as new, 1szl. The combinationWith-a sealing disk for bottles, of a bail movably connected with thedisk and adapted to be turned into operative or inoperative positionwith relation thereto', said bail corresponding in curvature throughoutits projected length with the curvature of the disk.

2. A bailfor bottle sealing disks comprising a single length of Wireterminally formed to provide alined prongs, said ronge-being adapted tobe assed through tie edge wall of t the material of the bail between theprongs being bent into semi-circular form.

3. A bail forbottle sealing disks comprising a single'lerigth of Wireterminally `formed to provide alined prongs, said rongs bei-n adapted tobe ssed through t e edge VWa of t the material of the bail'between theprongs being bent into semi-circular fornr. approximately equal. incurvature to the curvature of the disk. f

"tween the disk and bottle. 1

e'disk at iametrically opposite points,

ment of the projected portion-Offth 4. The combination with a sealingVdisk for I" bottles, of a bail movably connected Withthe disk andadapted to be turned into operative or inoperative position withrelation thereto, said disk being peripherally vcut away to rovide arecess for the reception of the bailpbef' 5.' A sealing disk havingA itsperipheral edge inclined, and a bail securedrto the disk andcorresponding in curvature and radius to the greatestdiameter of thedisk." l

6. A sealing 'diskl having its Aperipheral 45 Wall cut away to s ace aportion thereoi'from the bottle. Wall W en the :,disk isl in sealilosition, in combinationjwith bail carrie y the disk and adapted toseatin said s ace.

7. /The cibination With-asealingdis 'for 5o bottles, of a bailconstructed ofa Singley length of Wire tern'iinallyjbigntv 'to rovide lalined rongs, the; materiali of 'the ail, between t e prongs being.projected to provide a hand gripping portion,'.the1f rongs\o f,jthe`g55 bail seating throu hout theirjliengths'in'fthe material of thedis to permitlvotal move-i e bail on'.

-the'prongs l j #In testimony whereof l fax my si ,'inpresenceof twoWitnessesp.. e d1sk at iametrically opposite points, x -f' iNELiZABETHH. MARSHALL. `Witnessesz- JAS. K. MARSHALL,

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